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This study investigates the internal structure of noun phrases In Chinese and argues that number, referentiality, and totality/partitivity are all syntactically represented. Viewing number in a new light, it claims that number in a classifier language is syntactically encoded via the use of a $P, i.e., NumP, the head of which is occupied by a classifier/massifier (cf. Boer 2005). Plurality Is realized differently in a #P via the use of numerals, the plural classifier xie, quantifiers, or the reduplication of classifiers/massiflers. The plural marker-men is a derivational suffix marking either collective plurality or semantic plurality, resolving the problem that syntactic plurality may co-occur with semantic plurality when syntactic plurality marks an indeterminate quantity.Unlike the standard head-complement analysis that assumes a DP-NumP-CIP-DP hierarchy, this study argues that a numeral or a quantifier enters into a relation with a classifier/massilier, forming a UP A P (with or without a demonstrative) is then merged into the Spec of NP for the NP to take a pure quantificational interpretation and raises to the Spec of DP for a check of referential interpretation with the D (eterminer) head. The highest position, i.e., the Spec of KP, may be occupied by a #P for a totality/partitive interpretation (ct. Lamontagne and Travis (1986) for the use of K to represent Case) . The evidence for the KP-DP-NP nominal hierarchy, analogous to the CP-TP-VP hierarchy at a causal level, comes from different types of modifiers and the co-occurrence restrictions on the use of two #Ps.Theoretically, the ideas that a classifier/massifier is the locus of number and that a #P is able to occur in three different possible positions simplify the representation of a noun phrase with only three major layers. It is also shown that language may have the same functional categories, but the way they are combined may be different from language to language.
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- ABBREVIATIONS
- LIST OF TABLES
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
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1.1 The Issues
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1.1.1 Number
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1.1.2 Referentiality
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1.1.3 Number and Referentiality
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1.1.4 Totality/Partivitity
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1.2 Theoretical Constructs
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1.3 An Overview
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CHAPTER 2 NUMBER PHRASES
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2.1 Introduction
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2.2 The Same Structure or Different Structures？
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2.2.1 Cheng and Sybesma（1998，1999）
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2.2.2 Tang（2005）
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2.2.3 Borer（2005）
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2.2.4 Watanabe（2006）
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2.2.5 Summary
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2.3 Towards a Solution
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2.3.1 The Challenge
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2.3.2 The Clausal Analysis
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2.3.3 A Unified Analysis
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2.3.4 An N-C Sequence as a Constituent
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2.3.5 Summary
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2.4 #P as the Locus of Number
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2.4.1 H.Yang（2005）
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2.4.2 Plural Marking with Quantifiers
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2.4.3 A Feature Taxonomy
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2.4.4 More on the # Head
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2.4.5 Co-Occurrence Restrictions Revisited
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2.4.6 Summary
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2.5 Conclusion
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CHAPTER 3 THE DP LAYER
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3.1 Introduction
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3.2 Three Possible Interpretations
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3.2.1 Bare Nouns
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3.2.2 Not-So-Bare Nouns
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3.2.3 Summary
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3.3 Modification and Hierarchy
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3.3.1 Zhang（2006）
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3.3.2 Hsieh（2005）
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3.3.3 Tang（2007）
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3.3.4 J.Lin（2007）
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3.3.5 Summary
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3.4 A Revised Version of Hsieh（2005）
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3.4.1 Interpretations and Projections
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3.4.2 Quantification and Modification
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3.4.3 Summary
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3.5 The Missing Numeral Yi 'One'
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3.6 Conclusion
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CHAPTER 4 THE PLURAL MARKER-MEN
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4.1 Introduction
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4.2 The Characteristics of-Men in the Literature
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4.3 A True Plural Marker or Not
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4.3.1 A Collective Marker
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4.3.2 A True Plural Marker
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4.3.3 A Collective Marker and a Plural Marker
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4.3.4 Summary
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4.4 Towards a Solution
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4.4.1 Tsai and Feng（2006）
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4.4.2 A Non-Uniform Analysis
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4.4.3 Summary
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4.5 Conclusion
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CHAPTER 5 HIGHER UP
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5.1 Introduction
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5.2 A Universal Hierarchy
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5.3 What Does Chinese Say？
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5.3.1 Totality/Partitive
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5.3.2 A Higher Projection is Needed in Chinese
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5.3.3 Never Too Close？
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5.4 Conclusion
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CHAPTER 6 CONCLUDING REMARKS
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6.1 Summary
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6.2 Implications of thi s Study
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- REFERENCES
- 出版地 ： 臺灣
- 語言 ： 英文
- DOI ： 10.6533/NCCULING-9789861472751
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